Gibbo Posted January 24, 2012 Share #1 Posted January 24, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) ... could I make another suggestion for a modification to the forum, please? Currently there is a navigation bar at the top of a thread page which is very useful for moving about and also has the added function of marking the thread you are leaving as read. If you just click the back button on your browser or right click your mouse and select back, it does return you the the lounge but does not mark the thread as read. Could the navigation bar be repeated at the bottom of the thread page so that when you have read all the posts you don't have to scroll all the way to the top of the page to find it? I have seen this in operation elsewhere and it makes navigating the forum just that bit more slick! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Hi Gibbo, Take a look here While I'm at it .... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pop Posted January 24, 2012 Share #2 Posted January 24, 2012 I do believe that the software marks the thread as "read" as soon as you display the page which holds the last (most recent) post. Hence, there should be no need to do so manually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted January 25, 2012 If I click on the back button now the thread will show as not read in the lounge. If you are going through a long list of threads, in the photo lounge for instance, you could repeat this action many times and the threads will still show as not read. If you cannot remember the name of the last thread you looked at and get distracted, it can be a minor pain to find out where you were. Leaving the thread via the navigation bar does not give you this problem. Is there a good reason for not adding the navigation bar to the bottom of a thread? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted January 25, 2012 Share #4 Posted January 25, 2012 What navigation bar are you talking about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted January 25, 2012 Share #5 Posted January 25, 2012 I see. When you use the "back" button of the browser (any browser), then the browser will just show you that page exactly as it was before. You have to refresh the page. You will only see the threads as "visited" when the server sends you another copy of that page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted January 25, 2012 Share #6 Posted January 25, 2012 As far as I can tell that is something the browser does; the forum software has no say in this. It doesn’t even know you went back to the previous page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share #7 Posted January 27, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) What navigation bar are you talking about? Towards the top of the screen, it currently shows this: Leica User Forum > International User Forum > About the Leica Forum While I'm at it ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted January 27, 2012 As far as I can tell that is something the browser does; the forum software has no say in this. It doesn’t even know you went back to the previous page. Indeed and that is not really my point. I'm quite happy with what the browser does Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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